The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-15
A BIT OF GLASS.
ma Strange Pathetic Will OF a
Luckless Refugee.

bed The -
g beeh ma Strange Pathetic Will OF a
race The Luckless Refugee.
ion of n 49, =
= ,uyour trouble is overwork-lungs
- ,.s4 !. sound--heat all right-go to the
s n,nutains for a months shooting.
n sl1s poush It for four weeks and you are
n,ful ) \ aie for years of work. /"
he nes ayphysician pronounced this ulti-
inc 8 4 rstum and left me. His advice fell in
wonn ! nth nv inclination. For somewhat
d wbih,N aver a fortnight had been ''roughing
,rc, r..N u in the mountains in the interior of
Y burp yRrinis. To lose my bearings so COM
emajnea| dtely seemed an absurdity in one ac-
m aad mtomed to long hunting expeditions
rertheess all day long l had seen
miher mountaineer nor mountaincer' s
Having ubin 1t was keen and chilly-an at
1nsphere conducive to relish for the
,has,l ss, most homely of suppers. Tired, hungry
aAas md bafi1ed by the incomprehensible
.n'.sl i. typography of those great ridges. my
s,,aa : : epexity deepened into the gloomy
as,o. .a;a certainty of supperless bed under the
Jns pines 1t frightened suddenly when a
au9 tsl man in homespun, with an ancient
:, ~ \ gun upon his shoulder, slowly crossed
!, =. ths rayine below me. A moment later
~ Twas beside him. Is
ding 1'ss w. 'eas @ "I.~ ha,.a no"' "a t.
- h,v. : Craddeck. Of Fodder Top Ridge
.,ss n 'ant more couple NV mile furder
Oh. he Hospitality urged.
That was how it happened that sat
IRE. down that first time before Joe Grad
decks small log cabin.
ppms A fire blazing on the hearth filled
.oans the low ceiled room with q red glow of
!, 'ass ~ 4 pitch pine.
: I'VE hev strangers tolbul ofting."
my host remarked. "Howsumever.
A'r .',, e The last stranger es come erlong took
,a.a sisksn died. That wur on'y jes' when
s'Vh -. Nlay's baby gal, kase he give her
: '..'s.,, - bazzom pin wid glass bead in hit.
Dunno ez could call her mine w en-
cr bit wur savin' fur Dildy's glass
raj ~ sinner z&#k 81
pretend aInck w,s .o.;,st h;rr cold
stretching my feet to the blaze. "Did
at thhu aJo., - -,'.a.ss. ~ 49,
iion he dene TUX sick en- died. 'Twan't
long ago. Dildy's growed up sence.
w uns Heah's Dildy now"
nu 81, s He motioned over his shoulder with
.:ss say outlooking around. A girl of sixteen
o~ ~. !, Stepped into the doorway and hesi-
.,s.,s lated shyly, while she toyed with her
p sa.,r long plaits of black hair. Two things
nyeted my attention instantly. They
evoked sudden, irrepressible desire to
o1s '.,s Know more of them. They were
VA Wa pldy' : face and the pin fastening the
,.,'s MN, sollar Of sDildy's blue cotton dress.
'nAl Inc one was undeniably beautiful
~ ae other simply mystery in this OBJ.
'o"a Sufe cabin 1t was nothing less thar
po ue Of the finest diamonds l had ever
~ eaeld. Tongues of fire seemed tc
-" aaft and scintillate in weird brilliancy
nom the magnificent solitaire. Some
'r.ica races Of amazed curiosity and doub
i'h aay nave been reflected upon my fea
a Ja's hres, for the mountaineer said:
M Hits my Dildy, stranger" by way
ions v introduction. zen mind me that al
" u 1zaom pin is the ,one the Cun'el cir
sNill you show IL to mee" asked
81 Ls piand, persuasive tone, after Dildy
=. AN. sss snaxen hands with me in shy cor
sn : owned 70 intense curiosity, not un
dron mixed With some misgivings. The spo
ssas aas certainly isolated. The man Grad
sss'.. n. night be any thing from the unso
a'sucated mountaineer to the crafty
rmen .sasc.upulous highwayman. Closer in
" .sseoen satisfied me that the stone wa
ny ,s ~ color" of remarkable brillianc,
neAs ra SET m old-fashioned style. The frs
anesl value. '-'s s''' ~ " 90 ~ s'o'
~ 4. ms a beauty" / said, cautiously
~ aeooe SO; Dildy likes hit careless
eo,a .s'orted Craddeck, putting at hi
ca : II. Aooo pipe. I'D chunked hit il
- d;sa ,0ais long ago ef the Cun'el e
y Z, s. H.. iadn guv that ar thing to Dildy
q, ,l;. H. Gurus how that ar bit NV glass XII
llS c.las s,ssn y you know who the strange
: !. ,ss, h,n Daana es | ever thought to asl
g nd Is n'le, shs mout done hit. l.,
VINE Aone from sonefla' Jackson